North Carolina Provincial Congress

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The North Carolina Provincial Congress was the revolutionary governing body that led North Carolina’s transition from British colony to independent state during the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
provincial congress ⓘ
revolutionary governing body ⓘ
aim coordinate the war effort in North Carolina ⓘ
establish a state constitution for North Carolina ⓘ
independence from Great Britain ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
composedOf delegates from North Carolina counties and towns ⓘ
country Province of North Carolina ⓘ
followedBy North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
State government of North Carolina ⓘ
governmentType unicameral legislature ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance first independent governing body for the state of North Carolina ⓘ
helped transform North Carolina from colony to state ⓘ
played key role in North Carolina’s break with British rule ⓘ
hasRole de facto government ⓘ
revolutionary legislature ⓘ
transitional government ⓘ
jurisdictionOver internal governance of North Carolina during the Revolution ⓘ
militia in North Carolina ⓘ
taxation in revolutionary North Carolina ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedTo British Crown ⓘ
royal governor of North Carolina ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
Patriot governance in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot ⓘ
replaced North Carolina colonial assembly ⓘ
royal government of North Carolina ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Halifax Resolves ⓘ
authorization of North Carolina troops for the Continental Army ⓘ
creation of a provisional military structure in North Carolina ⓘ
drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
organization of revolutionary government in North Carolina ⓘ
transition from British colony to independent state ⓘ
timePeriod 1770s ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ

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Richard Caswell → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Francis Nash → servedIn → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Abner Nash → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Robert Howe → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 → hasLocation → Fifth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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Samuel Ashe → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Samuel Ashe → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Halifax Resolves → author → Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → legislativeBody → Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → significantParticipant → North Carolina delegates to the Continental Congress ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → significantParticipant → North Carolina Provincial Congress delegates ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → publisher → Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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Cornelius Harnett → memberOf → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Cornelius Harnett → memberOf → North Carolina Council of Safety ⓘ
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U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina → historicalPrecursor → North Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress ⓘ
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Joseph Hewes → memberOf → North Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → author → Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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Halifax Resolves → legislativeBody → Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
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royal government under Governor Josiah Martin → hasOppositionFrom → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Journals of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina → mainSubject → Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina Provincial Congress
Journals of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina → documentedIn → North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
Journals of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina → createdBy → Provincial Congress of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina Provincial Congress
Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina militia → governedBy → North Carolina Provincial Congress (early war) ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina Provincial Congress